Regional event: Scotland: Recruitment focus

5th October 2007, 1:00am - 00:01am

Many organisations are unwittingly turning away talented and loyal potential employees because of the barriers disabled applicants face in the recruitment process. These barriers are preventing organisations from tapping into a large and talented pool of disabled applicants. It can also leave business vulnerable to costly tribunals and immeasurable brand damage.

In addition, public sector organisations implementing the Disability Equality Duty must ensure equality of opportunity for disabled people when recruiting. As suppliers to the public sector, private sector organisations may be subject to the same requirements.

Working in groups, participants at this event will be given the opportunity to work through scenarios to help reinforce learning and facilitate networking. The event will be chaired by Rick Williams, EFD associate and director of Freeney Williams Ltd. and include input from Bela Gor, head of Information & Policy, EFD. There will also be presentations from Ruth Newman, managing director, PosAbility and Tabassum Ahmad, director, EmployAbility.

Why attend?

This Scottish forum enables you to:

• Discover the business and social benefits to your organisation of employing people with disabilities.
• Understand your legal obligations as an employer under the DDA.
• Receive guidance on how to minimise the legal and reputational risk to your organisation when contracting out services to recruitment agencies.
• Identify common barriers to disabled applicants in the various stages of the recruitment process.
• Learn about alternative methods of proactively attracting and recruiting disabled staff.
• Learn from the experience of other organisations, share best practice and network with other EFD members.
• Have a better understanding of the support EFD can provide you when creating a barrier free recruitment process.

Who should attend?

This event is particularly useful for those designing recruitment policy, along with HR and personnel managers and diversity or disability champions.